Lampert wins bid to keep Sears open for now
CHICAGO — Sears Holdings Corp. chairman Eddie Lampert won out in a bankruptcy auction for the U.S. department store operator with an improved takeover bid of roughly $5.2 billion, allowing the 126-year-old retailer to keep its doors open, The Wall Street Journal and other published sources reported Wednesday. Lampert’s bid, upped from an earlier $5 billion offer,